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LYON, France – Seven members of an organized criminal group suspected of smuggling uranium have been arrested in Moldova.Following an investigation into the activities of the criminal group, Moldova Police and the General Prosecutor’s Office carried out searches in the capital Chisinau and two other towns, where they seized 200 g of uranium-238, 1 kg of m...

REYKJAVIK, Iceland – With his first official visit to Iceland as INTERPOL Secretary General, Ronald K. Noble has underlined the world police body’s commitment to all of its member countries and international law enforcement cooperation by fulfilling his pledge to visit each of the Organization’s 190 members while in office.
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In a meeting with Icela...

LYON, France – Law enforcement from more than 30 countries joined forces to tackle organized criminal networks operating across Europe in an operation led by Europol and supported by INTERPOL.Operation Archimedes (15-23 September) saw police and customs officers from 34 countries, with the support of INTERPOL, Eurojust and Frontex, hold a series of coordi...

LYON, France – Home Affairs, Justice and Security Ministers from more than 100 countries will be attending an INTERPOL Ministerial meeting as part of the 83rd INTERPOL General Assembly to be held in Monaco from 3 to 7 November.Police chiefs and other senior law enforcement officials from around the world will be participating in the conference with the th...

LYON, France – During a visit to INTERPOL’s General Secretariat headquarters, Head of Police and Director of Public Security of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Mitko Chavkov, underlined his country’s commitment to international police cooperation.Meeting with INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble, Mr Chavkov was updated on the latest globa...

LYON, France – The arrest and positive identification in Ecuador of Dritan Rexhepi, the subject of several INTERPOL Red Notices for internationally wanted individuals and a target of a global INTERPOL fugitive operation, has been hailed by the world police body following international cooperation via INTERPOL.
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The Albanian national, aged 34, escap...

LYON, France – In a sting against organized crime, Moldova police have seized a record amount of snake venom destined for sale on the black market and arrested members of the criminal network which smuggled the substance into the country.Following a month-long investigation into the network’s activities, police with the Moldova General Police Inspectorate...

LYON, France – In one of the largest operations of its kind, Albanian State Police have raided a village in the south of the country known for producing marijuana on a massive scale, seizing tonnes of the drug and arresting more than a dozen people.In the first five days of the large-scale operation in the village of Lazarat, police seized more than 23 to...

LYON, France – The National Police Commissioner of Sweden, Bengt Svenson, visited INTERPOL’s General Secretariat headquarters today to examine ways in which the country can play an even more active role in regional and international security.Meeting with senior INTERPOL officials, Mr Svenson and his delegation were briefed on INTERPOL’s current activities...

MANILA, Philippines - An INTERPOL-coordinated operation targeting organized crime networks behind ‘sextortion’ cases around the world has resulted in the arrest of 58 individuals, including three men linked to the group which harassed Scottish teenager Daniel Perry.
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Perry, a 17-year-old victim of an online blackmail attempt, died after jumping off...

THE HAGUE, The Netherlands ‒ INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble has told the 2014 Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) that better information-sharing is required to address significant gaps in international preparedness for nuclear security threats.The INTERPOL chief said that further to the Organization’s pledge at the 2012 Seoul summit to collect and...

LYON, France – During a visit to INTERPOL’s General Secretariat headquarters, Prefect Alessandro Pansa, Chief of the Italian Police and Director General of Public Security of Italy, examined areas in which Italy can strengthen its cooperation with the world police body.As Italy will hold the European Union presidency during the second half of 2014, Prefec...

LYON, France – Delegates from the Balkans region visited the INTERPOL General Secretariat headquarters to discuss future steps towards strengthening environmental security in the region and to learn about INTERPOL’s tools and services.The visitors were national representatives of the Themis Network, a regional cooperation initiative among environmental la...

LYON, France – Counterfeit goods worth nearly USD 1 million have been seized in a series of interventions across Eastern Europe as part of INTERPOL’s Operation White Mercury.Involving seven countries – Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Former Yugoslav Republic Of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia – the operation also resulted in the ident...

LYON, France – INTERPOL today offered its congratulations to its President, Mireille Ballestrazzi, following the announcement by authorities in France that she had been appointed Central Director of the French Judicial Police (Directeur Central de la Police Judiciaire).With her appointment also meaning she will head INTERPOL’s National Central Bureau in P...

LYON, France – A joint effort by New Zealand, Australia and Norway to find a vessel suspected of illegal fishing has led to the publication of an INTERPOL Purple Notice to assist in identifying its location.Circulated to all 190 INTERPOL member countries the Notice, requested by New Zealand supported by the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA)...

LYON, France – France’s Minister of the Interior Manuel Valls has formally presented INTERPOL President Mireille Ballestrazzi with the medal of the Commander of the Légion d’honneur.At a ceremony at the Ministry of the Interior in Paris on Thursday 14 November, President Ballestrazzi officially received the distinction to which she was nominated in France...

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia – Marking the 20th anniversary of Slovakia’s membership of INTERPOL, Secretary General Ronald K. Noble said the country’s strategic location and commitment to international policing has placed it at the forefront of the global law enforcement community.During his mission to Bratislava on Monday the INTERPOL Chief met with Minister of...

CARTAGENA DE INDIAS, Colombia – INTERPOL is to deploy an INTERPOL Major Event Support Team (IMEST) to Belarus to assist local and national authorities in making the 2014 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in Belarus as safe as possible for the players, officials and thousands of expected visitors.Under a Memorandum of Understanding signed by the Belarus M...

LYON, France – Greek authorities have asked INTERPOL to assist their efforts to identify a young blond girl found living in a Roma settlement by sharing her DNA profile with its global membership.INTERPOL will make its DNA Gateway available to any member country whose law enforcement agency has been provided with the profile of someone claiming to be a bl...

KIEV, Ukraine – Specialized officials from Ukraine and Belarus law enforcement, customs, border control, public health, regulatory and security services have taken part in a tabletop exercise aimed at testing their capacity to prevent nuclear and radiological terrorism and to identify best practices in responding to such attacks.Organized by INTERPOL’s CB...

DUBLIN, Ireland – Closer cooperation between the public and private sectors to combat the ‘sinister consequences’ of illicit trade and counterfeiting is essential, delegates were told at the opening of 2013 International Law Enforcement Intellectual Property (IP) Crime Conference.Bringing together some 500 delegates from more than 60 countries, the three-...

LYON, France – Three men suspected of being part of a gang which robbed a Rolex shop in Bahrain whilst disguised as women have been arrested in Albania and Bahrain following the issue of INTERPOL Red Notices or internationally wanted persons alerts.The six thieves broke into the shop in the city centre mall after it closed at 10pm, and attacked and injure...

LYON, France – A year-long investigation supported by INTERPOL’s Crimes Against Children unit which began in the United States has led to the arrest in Russia of a man accused of sexually abusing his eight-year-old niece and sharing the images and videos online.The investigation started in November 2012, when authorities in the US seized abuse images and...

YALTA, Ukraine – Cybercrime, counterfeit products and the ever-increasing movement of people and goods in both the real and virtual worlds pose a significant threat to global safety and security, the head of INTERPOL warned today.Speaking at the 10th Yalta Annual Meeting in Ukraine, Secretary General Ronald K. Noble said the trade in fake and illicit good...

LYON, France – Identifying areas where Montenegro can further benefit from INTERPOL’s global tools and law enforcement network was the focus of today’s visit to INTERPOL’s General Secretariat headquarters by Montenegro’s Police Director, Slavko Stojanović.Cross-border law enforcement initiatives to tackle crimes ranging from human trafficking to financial...

LYON, France – Child sexual abuse material retrieved by police in Denmark and Australia and shared via INTERPOL’s victim identification specialists network has contributed to the arrest of a US school volunteer suspected of sexually assaulting an eight-year-old girl.As part of efforts to identify an unknown victim, officers in Denmark shared a video with...

LYON, France – INTERPOL has hosted officials from UK environmental agencies to promote further collaboration with the world police body and to review the global tools and services INTERPOL provides to its 190 member countries.Representing the Serious Organised Crime Agency, Scottish Environmental Protection Agency, Border Policing Command, National Wildli...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – In operations targeting the distribution of child sexual abuse materials primarily in Latin America, law enforcement authorities have arrested or placed under investigation 100 individuals and seized thousands of computers and other equipment containing images or videos of abuse.Coordinated by INTERPOL via its Regional Bureau in...

LYON, France – A suspect in mass killings at the time of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre has been extradited from Israel to Bosnia and Herzegovina following international collaboration via INTERPOL.The extradition of Aleksandar Cvetković followed a request by the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina investigating his alleged role as a member of a fi...

CONSTANTA, Romania – Under the umbrella of the INTERPOL Integrated Border Management Task Force (IBMTF), INTERPOL has assisted Frontex in an operation to check travel documents used by passengers travelling through the Romanian port of Constanta, a major port on the Black Sea.Frontex, the European Union agency for external border security, deployed intern...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands – A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance cooperation between law enforcement and justice in combating serious and organized crime has been concluded by INTERPOL and Eurojust, the European Union’s Judicial Cooperation Unit.Signed by Eurojust President Ms Michèle Coninsx and INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble, the MoU...

LYON, France – Director General of the French National Police, Claude Baland, today met with INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble at the world police body’s General Secretariat headquarters, underscoring the close relationship between INTERPOL and France.The meeting focused on a range of law enforcement issues affecting national and international se...

LYON, France – Chess Grandmaster and seven-time former World Champion Anatoly Karpov met with staff at the INTERPOL General Secretariat headquarters during his visit to Lyon as a delegate at the Technology Against Crime Forum.Comparing chess to policing, the Russian Grandmaster said; “to beat your opponent you need to create a plan, study the game of your...

LYON, France – Enhancing international law enforcement cooperation through increased support for training activities benefiting INTERPOL and its member countries was the focus of talks between Spain’s Director General of Police, Ignacio Cosido Gutierrez, and INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble at the world police body’s General Secretariat headqua...

LYON, France – Senior representatives from governments, law enforcement, industry, security and academia from around the world are gathering in Lyon for the first Technology Against Crime forum to identify and develop technology-led responses to evolving security challenges.Co-hosted by France's Ministry of the Interior and INTERPOL, the two-day conferenc...

LYON, France –Monaco’s Director of Public Security and Head of National Central Bureau (NCB), Régis Asso was briefed on recent law enforcement successes involving the Principality during his visit to the world police body’s General Secretariat headquarters in Lyon.During meetings with Director Asso and Deputy Director Richard Marangoni, INTERPOL Secretary...

LYON, France – International law enforcement cooperation via INTERPOL’s global network was among the key issues in talks between the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, Viktor Pshonka, and INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble at the world police body’s General Secretariat headquarters.The visit by Mr Pshonka provided an opportunity for reviewing national...

RIGA, Latvia – In his first mission to Latvia as INTERPOL Secretary General, Ronald K. Noble met with senior government and police officials to review crime threats and identify opportunities to further enhance the country’s global law enforcement cooperation via INTERPOL.The INTERPOL Chief’s discussions with Minister of the Interior Rihards Kozlovskis an...

BUDAPEST, Hungary – Senior law enforcement officials from throughout Europe are gathering in Budapest for the 42nd INTERPOL European Regional Conference in order to boost regional strategic responses to contemporary international security threats.With the global dimensions between local and regional security issues under the spotlight, the role of strateg...

LYON, France – The Head of INTERPOL has recognized the professionalism of Russian law enforcement in the swift location and arrest of the suspect in the recent Belgorod shooting in which six people were killed, including a 14-year-old girl.Following the shooting on Monday 22 April, Russian authorities launched a massive manhunt involving some 2,000 office...

Nearly 20 individuals suspected of being part of a network of Georgian nationals linked to hundreds of burglaries and thefts across Paris have been arrested following an operation led by French police and supported by INTERPOL and Europol.The suspected ringleader of the group, a Georgian national wanted by Swiss authorities after escaping from prison, was...

LYON, France – An international fugitive who was the subject of an internationally-wanted INTERPOL Red Notice requested by Italy has been arrested in Colombia after what a senior INTERPOL official described as exemplary international law enforcement cooperation.Domenico Trimboli, aged 58, is one of Italy’s most wanted men. With alleged links to the Ndrang...

ISTANBUL, Turkey – Senior decision-makers from governments, law enforcement, customs and the private sector are gathering in Istanbul for the Seventh Global Congress on Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy to seek innovative responses to the illicit trade in counterfeit and pirated goods.More than 850 delegates from some 100 countries are attending the thr...

LYON, France – Addressing INTERPOL’s ninth Heads of National Central Bureaus (NCBs) conference, attended by some 280 delegates from 156 countries, INTERPOL President Mireille Ballestrazzi said that more than ever before contemporary crime was defined by its transnational nature.“INTERPOL needs to have a global view that is also local in its focus. This is...

LYON, France – Close collaboration between law enforcement in Georgia, Israel and INTERPOL’s Crimes Against Children unit has led to the removal from harm of an 11-year-old girl and the arrest of a man accused of sexually abusing her and sharing the sexual abuse images online. The girl’s mother was also arrested for allegedly participating in the producti...

LYON, France – Senior law enforcement officials from throughout Europe will gather in Budapest, Hungary, from 14 – 16 May 2013 for the 42nd INTERPOL European Regional Conference.The conference will focus on a range of international crime issues, including:
trafficking in human beings and illegal immigration
cybercrime
maritime piracy
organized crime...

LYON, France – An INTERPOL Red Notice or international wanted persons alert has been issued for one of France’s most notorious criminals, Redoine Faid, who escaped from a detention centre near Lille after setting off a series of explosions and taking four guards hostage.The global alert was sent to all 190 member countries just hours after the breakout on...

VIENNA, Austria - Police officers from 20 countries working on cases related to the “Pink Panthers” groups of jewel thieves came together in Vienna this week to share information regarding ongoing investigations and successful arrests.The 7th Working Group on the Pink Panthers (11 and 12 April) brings together 60 investigators working on cases linked to t...

LYON, France –INTERPOL’s expanding role in fighting cybercrime internationally, in particular through the INTERPOL Global Complex for Innovation (IGCI), was the focus of today’s visit to the world police body’s headquarters by State Secretary of the Serbian Ministry of Interior, Vladimir Božović.As cybercrime is a growing problem in Serbia and throughout...

MOSCOW, Russia – Underlining the importance of collective efforts to fight cyber criminals and secure the Internet, INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble met with Eugene Kaspersky, the founder and CEO of Kaspersky Lab, as part of efforts by the world police body to strengthen the global fight against cybercrime by engaging with private sector leaders...

LYON, France – INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble today expressed his deepest and sincerest condolences following the death of Prefect Antonio Manganelli, Chief of the Italian Police and Director General of Public Security of Italy.“Prefect Manganelli was a champion of international police cooperation. It was under his strong leadership that Italy...

MOSCOW, Russia – INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble has highlighted Russia’s active role in international security efforts through its strategic importance in cross-border crime prevention and law enforcement cooperation in the region and beyond.At a meeting with Russia’s Minister of Interior and Head of Police, Vladimir Kolokoltsev, as part of a...

LYON, France – During a visit today to INTERPOL’s General Secretariat headquarters, General Police Director of Croatia, Vlado Dominić, reinforced his country’s commitment to international police cooperation, in particular through the enhanced use of INTERPOL’s global tools and networks to protect Croatia’s and the European Union’s borders.With Croatia one...

LYON, France – National and international security issues topped the agenda for France’s Minister of the Interior Manuel Valls’s first visit to the INTERPOL General Secretariat headquarters in Lyon.The meeting with INTERPOL President Mireille Ballestrazzi, Secretary General Ronald K. Noble and other senior INTERPOL officials provided an overview of the wo...

Belgian police are appealing for assistance to locate more than 50 items stolen during an aggravated theft at a private residence in Namur, Belgium during the night of 31 December 2012.The thieves violently attacked the homeowner, leaving him with serious injuries, before escaping with the works of art including a valuable collection of 18th and 19th cent...

LYON, France – Identifying further areas of cooperation in which INTERPOL’s global tools and law enforcement network can support national and international efforts, including training, against financial crimes, was the focus of today’s visit to INTERPOL’s General Secretariat headquarters by the General Commander of Italy’s Guardia di Finanza Corps (GdF),...

LYON, France – Evidence gathered by an INTERPOL Incident Response Team (IRT) following the release of the hijacked oil tanker Irene SL in April 2011 is to be used by Greece in its first maritime piracy prosecution.The announcement comes during a meeting between Chief of the Hellenic Police Lieutenant General Nikolaos Papagiannopoulos and INTERPOL Secretar...

SOFIA, Bulgaria – INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble has complimented Bulgaria's Ministry of Interior and police in fighting all forms of serious crime and has called for a renewed global effort by INTERPOL member countries to help Bulgaria identify those behind the terrorist bombing attack on an Israeli tour bus in Burgas in August which left six...

ROME, Italy – INTERPOL’s 81st General Assembly has closed with delegates electing as the new President of INTERPOL Mireille Ballestrazzi, Deputy Central Director of the French Judicial Police.Mrs Ballestrazzi said she felt a great sense of pride and joy to have been elected as the President of INTERPOL and looked forward to serving all of INTERPOL’s 190 m...

ROME, Italy – INTERPOL has launched the Victim Identification Laboratory, a global mobile investigative tool to assist in identifying and rescuing the victims of child sexual abuse, following an agreement with Canada.The laboratory is a mobile application which can be deployed at conferences, training courses and other law enforcement-related gatherings,...

ROME, Italy – INTERPOL’s 81st General Assembly, the largest ever in the Organization’s history with more than 1,000 delegates from 170 countries, is calling on law enforcement to work closer together and develop partnerships in order to achieve sustainable success in identifying and combating future crime threats.The four-day conference (5 – 8 November) w...

ROME, Italy – Close to 100 Justice, Home Affairs and Security Ministers from around the globe gathered as part of INTERPOL’s General Assembly have approved a joint declaration recognizing the need to identify viable strategies to effectively address the changing modes of contemporary criminal violence through greater shared intelligence and increased use...

ROME, Italy – A groundbreaking initiative by INTERPOL to support the safety and security of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar and other major sporting events over the next 10 years has been launched following an agreement with the Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee worth USD 10 million.The agreement which will see the creation of the INTERPOL Group of Major Even...

ROME, Italy – In the largest-ever meeting of its kind, INTERPOL has brought together close to 100 Justice, Home Affairs and Security Ministers from around the globe to focus on criminal violence issues ranging from human trafficking to terrorist activities.The Ministerial meeting, which opened today and marks the beginning of the four-day (5 – 8 November)...

ROME, Italy - INTERPOL’s General Assembly will bring together Justice, Home Affairs and Security Ministers from some 110 countries for the largest ever such gathering, which will focus on criminal violence issues ranging from human trafficking to terrorist activities.The Ministerial meeting, which marks the beginning of the four-day (5 – 8 November) confe...

LYON, France – Identifying further areas of cooperation in which INTERPOL’s global tools and international law enforcement network can further support national and regional security was the focus of a visit to INTERPOL’s General Secretariat headquarters today by Catherine De Bolle, Commissioner General of the Belgian Federal Police.In meetings with Secret...

MADRID, Spain – Nearly 80 people have been arrested across Spain and some EUR 10 million seized in an operation to break up criminal networks of Chinese origin involved in money laundering and other financial crimes.Operation Emperador, organized by the Spanish police with support from INTERPOL, saw more than 120 raids carried out on industrial zones, car...

MADRID, Spain – An agreement between the Conference of Ministers of Justice of Ibero-American Countries (COMJIB), encompassing the Ibero-American Network of International Judicial Cooperation (IberRed), and INTERPOL has been signed to promote judicial and police cooperation at the national, regional and international levels.The Memorandum of Understanding...

ROME, Italy ‒ INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble and Italy’s Minister of Interior, Annamaria Cancellieri, have met to discuss international law enforcement cooperation ahead of a meeting of some 100 interior and justice ministers which Italy will be hosting in Rome on 5 November as part of INTERPOL’s 81st General Assembly (5-8 November 2012).The M...

LYON, France – All INTERPOL member countries have been asked by Bulgarian authorities to make public a driving licence photo and computer-generated images of a suspected accomplice to the man responsible for the bomb attack in July on an Israeli tour bus outside Burgas airport in Bulgaria, as part of a public appeal to identify the man.The suspected accom...

LYON, France – The suspected mastermind behind a global car smuggling ring, estimated to have trafficked luxury and sports vehicles worth around EUR 6 million since 2009, has been arrested following an INTERPOL-coordinated operation.The Russian national was taken into custody in Venice, Italy following INTERPOL’s Operation Eastbound which coordinated the...

LYON, France – Decisive action by US Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in sharing seized child sexual abuse images with specialist investigators worldwide via INTERPOL, resulting in the break-up of an international abuse network, has been commended by the head of the world police body as ‘exemplary’ in global...

LYON, France – Bulgaria has asked all INTERPOL member countries to make public a computer generated image of the suspected terrorist responsible for the bombing attack on an Israeli tour bus outside Burgas airport in Bulgaria, in a bid to identify the man.Remains of the man recovered from the scene of the fatal attack on 18 July, in which five Israelis an...

LYON, France – More than 8,700 birds and animals, including reptiles, mammals and insects have been seized and nearly 4,000 people arrested in an operation across 32 countries coordinated by INTERPOL against the illegal trade and exploitation of birds and their products.Operation Cage, which included national wildlife enforcement authorities, police, cust...

LYON, France – INTERPOL is to deploy an Incident Response Team (IRT) to Bulgaria to assist national authorities in their investigation into the suicide terrorist bombing attack on an Israeli tour bus which killed five Israelis, the Bulgarian driver, the presumed terrorist and injured more than 30 others.Condemning the ‘cowardly’ attack, INTERPOL Secretary...

LYON, France – An INTERPOL-led operation against illicit goods trafficking across Eastern Europe has revealed the extent and increasingly elaborate methods used by transnational crime groups to traffic illicit goods with more than 1,400 individuals arrested or under investigation and the seizure of 7.3 million trafficked goods.The month-long Operation Bla...

LYON, France ‒ Senior officials from the governing body of football in the Netherlands, the Royal Netherlands Football Association (KNVB), have met with INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble at the world police body’s General Secretariat to discuss cooperation with INTERPOL’s Integrity in Sport Unit.With INTERPOL having agreed a 10-year initiative wi...

KIEV, Ukraine - With the final whistle blown on EURO 2012, INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble praised the international teamwork which resulted in a safe and secure football tournament by co-hosts Ukraine and Poland and the wider policing community.During his mission to Ukraine, the Head of INTERPOL visited the EURO 2012 International Police Coope...

Belgian police have released CCTV images in a bid to identify three men wanted in connection with the violent robbery of a jewellery store in which the shop owner and her husband were left seriously injured.At around 10am on Monday 4 June two men walked into the jewellery shop on Vlasmark in Dendermonde where they sold a gold necklace. One of the men iden...

WARSAW, Poland – Security measures implemented for EURO 2012 and beyond were key areas for discussion during INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble’s mission to Poland, which is co-hosting the football championships.In addition to high-level meetings with Minister of Interior, Jacek Cichocki and Commander in Chief of the Polish Police, Marek Działoszy...

LYON, France – A Dutch national suspected of murder in Belgium and wanted as part of an INTERPOL operation targeting fugitives worldwide has been arrested by police in Croatia, following a tip-off from a member of the public in Ireland.Morgan Schreurs, who is accused of killing a woman he met in a bar in November 1999, is one of the targets highlighted as...

PALERMO, Italy ‒ INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble has said that global efforts against transnational organized crime can learn from the effective international police cooperation and national resolve which underpin Italy’s on-going struggle against the mafia.Speaking at the Third Experts Meeting (11-13 June) of the Digest of Organized Crime Case...

LYON, France ‒ The arrest in Germany of Luka Rocco Magnotta, a Canadian national suspected of murder and the subject of an INTERPOL Red Notice for internationally-wanted persons, highlights the essential role of international police cooperation and sharing intelligence in fugitive investigations, a senior INTERPOL official has said.At the request of Canad...

LYON, France – INTERPOL has issued an updated global alert in relation to the disappearance of Madeleine McCann from a holiday resort in Portugal on 3 May 2007, to include an age-progressed image showing how she may look today.Detectives from London’s Metropolitan Police Service conducting an investigative review into the disappearance of the then three-y...

TEL AVIV, Israel – Developing innovative solutions through building on past experience is key in identifying and addressing future crime threats, chiefs of police and ministers from throughout Europe heard on the opening day of INTERPOL’s 41st European Regional Conference in Tel Aviv.With transnational issues including cybercrime, terrorism, organized cri...

LYON, France ‒ Enhancing collaboration with INTERPOL against transnational organized crime in Montenegro and across Europe was the focus of a meeting today between Montenegro’s Director of Police, Božidar Vuksanović, and INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble at the world police body’s General Secretariat headquarters.With Montenegro currently holding...

LYON, France – Today’s successful resolution of the criminal investigation by French authorities into the series of deadly shootings in Toulouse in Southwest France by Mohamed Merah in which seven people, including three children, were murdered, has been praised by INTERPOL. Head of the world police body, Secretary General Ronald K. Noble commended the va...

LYON, France – The detention in Bangkok of a man wanted in Italy for mafia-related criminal conspiracy and the subject of an INTERPOL Red Notice for internationally-wanted persons has been praised by INTERPOL Chief Ronald K. Noble as an example of effective international police cooperation.Vito Roberto Palazzolo, aged 64, was stopped by the Royal Thai pol...

LYON, France – A visit to INTERPOL’s General Secretariat headquarters saw France’s Minister of Sport, David Douillet updated on the range of the world police body’s security initiatives to support law enforcement worldwide in combating all types of illicit activity relating to sport.High on the agenda was INTERPOL’s joint efforts with the World Anti-Dopin...

ROME, Italy – Italy’s hosting of the inaugural high-level seminar on sports integrity, for the first time bringing together all stakeholders - law enforcement, sports authorities, players, referees and teams - has been hailed by INTERPOL as a landmark occasion in the global fight against match-fixing and illegal betting in sports.Organized by the Italian...

WARSAW, Poland – Preventing and responding to nuclear and radiological threats was the focus of the Law Enforcement Counter Nuclear Smuggling Conference, held from 21-23 February in Warsaw, Poland.The conference, organized by INTERPOL and the Polish Government and held in preparation for the 2012 Nuclear Security Summit that will take place in Seoul, Sout...

LYON, France – France’s Minister of Justice, Michel Mercier, today met with INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble at the world police body’s General Secretariat headquarters, underlining the close relationship between INTERPOL and France which has hosted the organization since 1946.The Minister discussed a range of law enforcement issues affecting na...

LYON, France – INTERPOL has issued an international Yellow Notice, or missing persons alert for 35-year-old Mizué Bachelard and her seven-year-old daughter Hanaé from Chexbres near Lausanne, Switzerland who have not been seen since the evening of Thursday 26 January.Mrs Bachelard and her daughter stopped to fill their car, a blue Nissan Micra registration...

LYON, France – Belarus today became the latest INTERPOL member country to officially recognize the world police organization’s passport, providing visa waiver status for individuals travelling on official business.Minister of Internal Affairs for Belarus, Anatoly Kuleshov signed the agreement during a visit to the world police body’s General Secretariat h...

LYON, France – Enhancing international cooperation against transnational organized crime was the focus of a meeting today between Romania’s Inspector General of Police, Liviu Popa, INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble, at the world police body’s General Secretariat headquarters.Law enforcement initiatives against cross-border crimes such as human tr...

LYON, France ‒ The conviction in the US of an Afghan national wanted internationally for a series of rapes after a DNA match made by INTERPOL led to the suspect’s arrest in Austria in 2010 has been hailed by INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble as an example of what can be achieved through international police cooperation.Ali Achekzai, aged 33, who...

LYON, France – Specialist dealers and collectors are being warned about the illegal sale of the so-called ‘Lava Treasure’ of ancient Roman gold coins and plates after a number of items were recovered from the open market. INTERPOL and French police are working to recover the ancient coins.The rare collection, which dates back to 300 AD, is believed to hav...

LYON, France - The Special Representative of France's Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs in charge of coordination of the international war against piracy, Jocelyne Caballero, has met with INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble as part of the close collaboration between France and the world police body on enhancing international efforts against...

BAKU, Azerbaijan – Mehriban Aliyeva, the First Lady of the ﻿Republic of Azerbaijan, and President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, as well as an internationally respected humanitarian, has received the inaugural INTERPOL Fund for a Safer World medal at the Foundation’s headquarters in Baku....

LYON, France – France’s Minister of the Interior, Claude Guéant, has met with INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble to discuss a range of policing issues aimed at safeguarding national and international security.The visit, which underlines the close relationship between France and INTERPOL whose world headquarters were established in the country in 1...

More than 120 representatives from 35 countries took part in Chemshield 2011, an international table top exercise focusing on preventing terrorist attacks with chemical weapons, organized by the Netherlands National Coordinator for Counterterrorism and Security.The four-day event (8-11 November) which follows the successful international nuclear exercise...

INTERPOL recently joined forces with Frontex, the European Union agency for external border security, to hold a joint operation in Italy to detect fraudulent travel documents at the country’s busiest airports.The aim of Frontex’s Operation Hammer was to prevent criminals using stolen or lost travel documents from entering the European Union, and to disman...

LYON, France –The importance of enhancing international cooperation in the areas of economic and financial crime, money laundering and corruption were among the key issues highlighted during a visit by First Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine, Renat Kuzmin, to the world police body’s General Secretariat headquarters in Lyon today.During discussions with...

ROME, Italy – An agreement signed by Italy today makes it the first INTERPOL member country to officially endorse the initiative agreed in May between the world police body and FIFA to target match-fixing and illegal and irregular betting across the globe.Italy’s Minister of the Interior Roberto Maroni, who witnessed the signing of the memorandum of under...

YEREVAN, Armenia – Addressing the Council of Ministers of Internal Affairs of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Yerevan today, INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble said that the region’s impressive cooperation with the world police body played an important role in the global fight against crime and terrorism.Mr Noble’s remarks follow h...

LYON, France – A Romanian national who is the subject of an INTERPOL ﻿Red Notice for internationally-wanted persons has been arrested in Spain following close collaboration between INTERPOL’s National Central Bureaus in Romania and Spain and INTERPOL’s Fugitive Investigative Support (FIS) unit at its General Secretariat headquarters.Ioan Clamparu, aged 42...

BAKU, Azerbaijan – Advancing international law enforcement collaboration on a national and regional scale was the focus of INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble’s high-level meetings during a visit to Azerbaijan.With a meeting between Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev and Mr Noble highlighting the essential role played by international security coo...

WARSAW, Poland – Representatives of 10 Eastern European countries gathered last week to learn how to conduct effective investigations into instances of suspected criminal acts involving radiological and nuclear (RN) weapons, materials and technology. Experienced investigators from law enforcement, customs and other security forces teamed up with their cou...

SKOPJE – In his first mission to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble has met with senior government and police officials to recognize the country’s contribution to global policing cooperation.During the two-day visit, in addition to discussions with the Minister of Internal Affairs Gordana Jankuloska and D...

LYON, France – The Czech Republic’s commitment to supporting international law enforcement cooperation via INTERPOL was underlined during today’s visit by Police President Petr Lessy to the General Secretariat headquarters.Already among the top 10 users and/or contributors to INTERPOL’s global databases for Stolen and Lost Travel Documents, stolen motor v...

LYON, France – Minister of State for Monaco, Michel Roger was briefed on recent law enforcement successes involving the Principality and other INTERPOL member countries during his visit today to the world police body’s General Secretariat headquarters in Lyon.During discussion with the country’s highest ranking government official, INTERPOL Secretary Gene...

LYON, France – INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble has condemned the two terror attacks in Norway, and described the suspect’s wearing of a police uniform in the shooting at the youth camp as ‘particularly appalling’.Secretary General Noble said that INTERPOL’s full resources were at the disposal of the Norwegian authorities investigating the bomb...

LYON, France – Today’s arrest by Serbian authorities of Goran Hadzic, wanted by a United Nations war crimes tribunal on crimes against humanity and war crimes charges, and who was the subject of an INTERPOL Red Notice, or internationally wanted persons alert, has been praised by the world police body as an important step in international justice.Hadzic,...

INTERPOL and Polish officials have seized 18 high-value vehicles that had been stolen from EU countries in a three-day operation along Poland’s eastern border region.Thousands of vehicles were examined at checkpoints in a bid to identify stolen cars and help dismantle the criminal organizations that are active in Poland, which is both a transit and final...

LYON, France – The arrest earlier today by Serbian police of Ratko Mladic, wanted by a United Nations war crimes tribunal on charges of genocide and who was the subject of an INTERPOL Red Notice for internationally wanted persons, has been praised by the world police body as advancing the cause of international justice.Mladic, the fugitive former Bosnian...

LYON, France – Geneva canton Council of State member Isabel Rochat today met with INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble to discuss the role of international collaboration in national, regional and international security, and how INTERPOL's international law enforcement network connects Europe to other regions.&nbsp;With security part of the Swiss off...

LYON, France – The Minister of the Interior of Luxembourg, Jean-Marie Halsdorf, has met with INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble to discuss areas for extending collaboration in national, regional and international security as well as the role of INTERPOL as a link between Europe and other regions.With the partnership between INTERPOL and the Europe...

MINSK, Belarus – INTERPOL has confirmed that two previously unlinked terrorist attacks in Minsk were perpetrated by the same person after a fingerprint match was established at INTERPOL's General Secretariat headquarters in Lyon after it received fingerprint specimens from law enforcement officials in Belarus.Confirmation from INTERPOL's General Secretari...

MINSK, Belarus - INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble today arrived in Belarus on a two-day working visit. The main objective of the visit by INTERPOL’s top official is to discuss the deadly terrorist attack on a Minsk subway on 11 April this year and to determine how INTERPOL can provide law enforcement officials of Belarus with further assistance...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – An INTERPOL operation targeting 207 internationally-wanted fugitives wanted for serious crimes including murder, kidnapping, organized crime and child sexual abuse believed to be hiding in South America has led to arrests across the continent and new investigative leads established for almost a quarter.Investigative leads develop...

LYON, France - In a landmark move for international law enforcement co-operation between Russia and INTERPOL against terrorism, the head of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, Alexander Bastrykin, today met with the head of INTERPOL to deliver key investigative findings for follow-up by INTERPOL in the on-going investigation into the Do...

LYON, France - The President of the Police Force of the Slovak Republic, Jaroslav Spisiak, has met with INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble to discuss areas for enhanced collaboration in national and global security, particularly in light of the upcoming World Ice Hockey Championships to be hosted by Slovakia in April and May this year.An INTERPOL...